Travel Blogs from Turmi

It's 5am. It's dark and silent. The generator has not started yet. I was up first and with my torchlight on, set about getting ready for another drive through rough roads. (The generator kicked in shortly after as a special arrangement for our group ...

... not a tourist spectacle, it is a marriage rite.
They make some giant urns of coffee. Coffee originated in Ethiopia and coffee ceremonies are an important part of life here.
They perform a 'whipping ceremony' where the ...

Day 82 Today: 160 km Total: 14,835 km After our tiresome tyre day yesterday, we wanted to approach the day with lots of caution and not drive too fast with Mzee. Our guide thus recommended skipping a village across from a river (with a ferry involved) ...

It was with much excitement that we set off for the Hamar village - remoteness measure: it took us almost an hour to cover the 12km to the village. Many other 4WDs with tourists were already there for this very public important event. This was going to ...